barre oblique
\ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\
The verdict
“barre oblique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barre oblique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barre oblique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for barre oblique is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».".
No generated misspelling entries exist for barre oblique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is barre oblique, spelled B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “barre oblique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.